Fauci takes Fifth Amendment, refuses to answer Senate panel questions
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, who led the nation's infectious disease efforts during the pandemic, invoked the Fifth Amendment on Wednesday and declined to answer questions from a Senate committee investigating the origins of COVID-19. Why it matters: Fauci said Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the head of the Senate homeland security committee, was trying to get him to say something that could put him in legal jeopardy. Former President Biden gave Fauci a preemptive pardon before leaving office, but Fauci argues h
9 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 5 hours. Coverage spans 3 points on the political spectrum — 3 lean left, 2 centre, 2 right.
- ▪ Anthony Fauci refuses to answer questions during US Senate hearing about Covid origins — BBC News — World
- ▪ Sen. Rand Paul has Fauci’s attorney thrown out of hearing — New York Post
- ▪ Fauci pleads Fifth Amendment in COVID-19 hearing chaired by Rand Paul — Washington Examiner
- ▪ Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment and declines to testify in Republican-led COVID-19 Senate hearing - AP News — Google News
- ▪ Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment in declining to answer questions before Senate panel — STAT
- ▪ Fauci and His Senate Nemesis Rand Paul to Face Off in Hearing — NYT — US
- ▪ Fauci to face Republican questions over Covid pandemic origins – US politics live — The Guardian — World
- ▪ Anthony Fauci to face grilling from Senate Republicans on Covid pandemic — The Guardian — US
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